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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

This happens every couple of years. Someone mentions Three Dog Night and then I get this song stuck in my head, and wish people listened to the Elvis version more.

It's impossible for me to sit at my desk and watch this in silence. I start shaking, and my lungs vibrate with life, like I have a mangling, vital addiction to bomb-ass hooks, bellowing lyrics and sequined tuxedos.

We rented a car for the trip home from New Orleans instead of taking the train, riding the Blues Highway up from Nola to Chicago, stopping in Memphis for a couple of hours. Graceland was closed. Of course we did Beale Street, saw the Lorraine Motel...

More days of my life deserve to be devoted to Memphis.

I definitely need to go back and hit up Graceland. Not that I'm the biggest Elvis fan or something, but sometimes? Motherfucker owns.

14 comments:

Oh, man. I have never heard the Elvis version of this. LOVE IT. I love his band, too. Listen to the live version of "Suspicious Minds" sometime, and hear the bassist. They go through the chorus, like, 17 times in a row, and the bassist just rocks the whole time like you wouldn't believe. Bass also rocks on "A Little Less Conversation."

I've been meaning to visit Memphis. I know a couple of RAD chicks there- we hung out in Cincinnati for a few days and they promised to show me around all the touristy places if I came to visit. I want to see where Elvis rocked the hizouse!

Photo-John: Tragedies have a tendency to be beautiful, don't you think?

Ginny: Good, because that song fucking rules. I sang it on Saturday for karaoke, and the entire time all I could think was, "Oh my god. I am singing this song. I am singing this song. I want to sing this song every day."

Free Man: I dominated some barbecue, and I plan on doing it again once I get the chance.

Mount: Going back is on the list of things to do. I have do. It hurts that I didn't get the chance.

Daisyfae: I knew that it wasn't a Three Dog Night original, but it makes sense that I couldn't name the original author. Because I have no idea who that is. After intensive googling, however, I discovered that he also wrote a bunch of other songs for Three Dog Night...so thank you. Trivial Pursuit? I own you.

Boomer: I can feel that about you. You're special. Besides, you smell like royalty.

Le Meems: I bet "Joy to the World" plays in peoples' heads as you walk down the street.

Ambiblob: After spending a whole four hours there, I get the feeling that only rad chicks live in Memphis.

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So, I have a tendency to start sentences with, "So, I have a tendency…” Sometimes I go places, wander off, get lost, and find my way back without realizing I was lost in the first place. And then everyone's all, "where've you been?" and I'm all, "I dunno, over there somewhere." Sometimes I skip breakfast and regret it later.